The Educational Technology Program in the College of Education
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is a nationally accredited program. Accreditation
is from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
in association with the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE).

Aloha,
and welcome to the Department of Educational Technology (EdTech) website. EdTech
has had its place in the University
of Hawaii at Manoa and its College
of Education since 1966. The department defines its mission as a commitment
to provide a theory and research based yet practical educational and training
program designed to improve the processes of instruction and learning.

To
achieve the goal, the department:

provides quality
courses and relevant experiences;

encourages and
expects its students and faculty to engage in meaningful research and other
scholarly activities;

promotes professional
development of educators in technological applications to instruction.

The
department's main target group is post-baccalaureate students committed to the
improvement of instruction and learning. For these graduate students, a set
of strong objectives has been established, and appropriate activities devised
to ensure achievement of high levels of competencies by the program graduates.